Hi Hans On 08/10/18 12:53, Hans Verkuil wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to meet up somewhere during the ELCE to discuss userspace support > for stateless (and perhaps stateful as well?) codecs. > > It is also planned as a topic during the summit, but I would prefer to prepare > for that in advance, esp. since I myself do not have any experience writing > userspace SW for such devices. > > Nicolas, it would be really great if you can participate in this meeting > since you probably have the most experience with this by far. > > Looking through the ELCE program I found two timeslots that are likely to work > for most of us (because the topics in the program appear to be boring for us > media types!): > > Tuesday from 10:50-15:50 > > or: > > Monday from 15:45 onward > > My guess is that we need 2-3 hours or so. Hard to predict. > > The basic question that I would like to have answered is what the userspace > component should look like? libv4l-like plugin or a library that userspace can > link with? Do we want more general support for stateful codecs as well that deals > with resolution changes and the more complex parts of the codec API? > > I've mailed this directly to those that I expect are most interested in this, > but if someone want to join in let me know. Depending on time and availability I might like to join in on this. Consider me non-essential however and if I'm not around don't wait for me. I have a desire to work on the codecs for Renesas (although it seems unlikely to be possible due to licensing issues) > I want to keep the group small though, so you need to bring relevant experience > to the table. I can offer outdated experience managing the codec firmwares, and decode/encode stacks for the ST SDK2 player implementation. However that was 4 or 5 years ago - so I now deny all knowledge of knowing anything from back then :-) -- Regards Kieran
